000048817 000__ 02973cam\a22003735i\4500 000048817 001__ 48817 000048817 003__ SzGeWIPO 000048817 005__ 20240708142030.0 000048817 006__ m eo d 000048817 007__ cr bn |||m|||a 000048817 008__ 240321s2015\\\\enk\\\\\o\\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000048817 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1427545462 000048817 040__ $$aSzGeWIPO$$beng$$erda$$cSzGeWIPO$$dCaBNVSL 000048817 041__ $$aeng 000048817 24500 $$aInternational patent law :$$bPrinciples, major instruments and institutional aspects. 000048817 264_1 $$aNorthampton, England :$$bEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd.,$$c2015. 000048817 300__ $$a1 online resource (Chapter 2, pp. 37-82). 000048817 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000048817 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000048817 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000048817 520__ $$aThe search for more innovation for the benefit of the human condition has always driven the human mind, and one early attempt to achieve innovative results was to create incentives encouraging private initiative. Against this background, patent systems were created and developed, and today, some of the most important systems at the international level include the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Paris Convention), the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), the Patent Law Treaty (PLT), and a number of regional patent systems. But while these systems have been – and still are – very useful, there are also questions about the social and economic impact of patent systems and of their possible harmonization, which have led to exploring ways to improve those systems without necessarily imposing further obligations or restrictions on states. The present contribution gives a (necessarily incomplete) overview of both harmonization measures that have been taken at the normative level, as well as of other, more practical, efforts aiming at making the international patent system more user-friendly, more efficient, and also more adapted to respond to developing countries’ needs, without removing the existing policy space of governments. The evolution of international law may take different forms. Harmonization of laws is one form among others that has been utilized regularly. Since the mid 2000s, discussions at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) with respect to the normative development of patent law have shown contrasting views toward harmonization. 000048817 650_0 $$aIntellectual property. 000048817 650_0 $$aPatents. 000048817 650_0 $$aWorld Intellectual Property Organization. 000048817 650_0 $$aIndustrial property. 000048817 7001_ $$aBaechtold, Philippe,$$eauthor. 000048817 7001_ $$aMiyamoto, Tomoko,$$eauthor. 000048817 7001_ $$aHenninger, Thomas,$$eauthor. 000048817 77308 $$iInternational Intellectual Property: A Handbook of Contemporary Research$$aEdited by Daniel J. Gervais$$dEdward Elgar$$z9781782544807 000048817 85641 $$uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/edcoll/9781782544791/9781782544791.00010.xml$$yView chapter 000048817 85641 $$uhttps://tind.wipo.int/record/27481$$yView eBook 000048817 903__ $$aLaw 2015 000048817 904__ $$aBook chapter 000048817 980__ $$aOS